linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.11 1/1] PCI/ASPM: Disable L1 before disabling L1 PM Substates

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Message-ID: <2025060702-deviate-faceted-bd57@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 11:57:30 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com>
Cc: patches@...ts.linux.dev, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	Ajay Agarwal <ajayagarwal@...gle.com>,
	Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@...il.com>,
	Krzysztof Wilczyński <kwilczynski@...nel.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
	Deren Wu <Deren.Wu@...iatek.com>, Ramax Lo <ramax.lo@...iatek.com>,
	Macpaul Lin <macpaul@...il.com>,
	MediaTek Chromebook Upstream <Project_Global_Chrome_Upstream_Group@...iatek.com>,
	Johnny-CC Chang <Johnny-CC.Chang@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.11 1/1] PCI/ASPM: Disable L1 before disabling L1 PM
 Substates

On Fri, Jun 06, 2025 at 09:57:38AM +0800, Macpaul Lin wrote:
> From: Ajay Agarwal <ajayagarwal@...gle.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 7447990137bf06b2aeecad9c6081e01a9f47f2aa ]
> 
> PCIe r6.2, sec 5.5.4, requires that:
> 
>   If setting either or both of the enable bits for ASPM L1 PM Substates,
>   both ports must be configured as described in this section while ASPM L1
>   is disabled.
> 
> Previously, pcie_config_aspm_l1ss() assumed that "setting enable bits"
> meant "setting them to 1", and it configured L1SS as follows:
> 
>   - Clear L1SS enable bits
>   - Disable L1
>   - Configure L1SS enable bits as required
>   - Enable L1 if required
> 
> With this sequence, when disabling L1SS on an ARM A-core with a Synopsys
> DesignWare PCIe core, the CPU occasionally hangs when reading
> PCI_L1SS_CTL1, leading to a reboot when the CPU watchdog expires.
> 
> Move the L1 disable to the caller (pcie_config_aspm_link(), where L1 was
> already enabled) so L1 is always disabled while updating the L1SS bits:
> 
>   - Disable L1
>   - Clear L1SS enable bits
>   - Configure L1SS enable bits as required
>   - Enable L1 if required
> 
> Change pcie_aspm_cap_init() similarly.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241007032917.872262-1-ajayagarwal@google.com
> Signed-off-by: Ajay Agarwal <ajayagarwal@...gle.com>
> [bhelgaas: comments, commit log, compute L1SS setting before config access]
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Johnny-CC Chang <Johnny-CC.Chang@...iatek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

6.11.y is long end-of-life, sorry.  See the front page of www.kernel.org
for the list of currently supported kernels.

thanks,

greg k-h